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'It's in Our Blood': How Vietnam Adopted the Latin Alphabet
- Vietnam adopted the Latin alphabet, known as Quoc Ngu, partly due to French colonial influence in the 19th and 20th centuries.
- The French promoted the Latin alphabet by educating local administrators who assisted in managing Indochina, with the intent of distancing the region from China's longstanding cultural influence.
- Quoc Ngu's adoption sparked a boom in newspapers and publishing, which spread anti-colonial ideas that contributed to the Communist Party's rise.
- Calligraphy teacher Nguyen Thanh Tung, age 38, noted growing interest in traditional Vietnamese culture and called culture an exchange among regions.
- Ho Chi Minh’s 1945 independence proclamation emphasized new thinking tied to Quoc Ngu, and it remains central to Vietnam’s flexible 'bamboo diplomacy' approach.
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In the capital Hanoi, calligraphy classes take over the codes of this art from China, but instead of sinograms, students use the Latin alphabet, a legacy of French colonization, in a unique style in Vietnam.
·Montreal, Canada
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'It's in our blood': how Vietnam adopted the Latin alphabet
At a calligraphy class in Hanoi, Hoang Thi Thanh Huyen slides her brush across the page to form the letters and tonal marks of Vietnam's unique modern script, in part a legacy of French colonial rule.
·Cherokee County, United States
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Long written in Chinese characters, the Vietnamese language was transcribed into the Latin alphabet in the 17th century. The objective is to affirm a national identity distinct from the Chinese neighbour, says the Mekong Review.
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